According to Lifeguin’s travel calendar, the best time to visit Alaska is June to September. Plan 7–10 days.
Best months for Alaska
- Best months
- June to September
- How long to stay
- 7–10 days
- Continent
- North & Central America
What Alaska is best for
Vast wilderness with glaciers, brown bears, and scenic drives across Denali and Kenai Fjords.
- Prices
- €€€ · more expensive than in Slovakia
Weather in Alaska by month
Monthly averages around Anchorage; the mountains and other regions can differ a lot.
| Month | Average temperature | Rain |
|---|---|---|
| January | about −8 °C | some rain (51 mm) |
| February | about −6 °C | some rain (54 mm) |
| March | about −6 °C | some rain (39 mm) |
| April | about 0 °C | some rain (39 mm) |
| May | about 6 °C | some rain (45 mm) |
| June best | about 11 °C | some rain (60 mm) |
| July best | about 14 °C | some rain (81 mm) |
| August best | about 13 °C | a lot of rain (105 mm) |
| September best | about 8 °C | a lot of rain (117 mm) |
| October | about 2 °C | some rain (84 mm) |
| November | about −5 °C | some rain (72 mm) |
| December | about −7 °C | some rain (63 mm) |
Sources: what a place is best for — our own travel guides and, for places we have not written about yet, research done with the help of AI (Google Gemini); weather — NASA POWER climate averages; prices — World Bank price levels (CC BY 4.0).
Good to know about Alaska
- Language
- English
- Currency
- US Dollar (USD)
- Time
- UTC−9, UTC−8 in summer
- Plugs
- Type A, B · 120 V
- Driving
- On the right
- Calling code
- +1
Sources: Wikidata, Unicode CLDR and the IANA time zone database.
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